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1 # I said <0559> (8804) in mine heart <03820>, Go to now <03212> (8798), I will prove <05254> (8762) thee with mirth <08057>, therefore enjoy <07200> (8798) pleasure <02896>: and, behold, this also is vanity <01892>.
2 I said <0559> (8804) of laughter <07814>, It is mad <01984> (8781): and of mirth <08057>, What <02090> doeth <06213> (8802) it?
3 I sought <08446> (8804) in mine heart <03820> to give <04900> (8800) myself <01320> unto wine <03196>, yet acquainting <05090> (8802) mine heart <03820> with wisdom <02451>; and to lay hold <0270> (8800) on folly <05531>, till I might see <07200> (8799) what was that good <02896> for the sons <01121> of men <0120>, which they should do <06213> (8799) under the heaven <08064> all <04557> the days <03117> of their life <02416>.
4 I made me great <01431> (8689) works <04639>; I builded <01129> (8804) me houses <01004>; I planted <05193> (8804) me vineyards <03754>:
5 I made <06213> (8804) me gardens <01593> and orchards <06508>, and I planted <05193> (8804) trees <06086> in them of all kind of fruits <06529>:
 - WAY OF HEALTH
6 I made <06213> (8804) me pools <01295> of water <04325>, to water <08248> (8687) therewith the wood <03293> that bringeth forth <06779> (8802) trees <06086>:
7 I got <07069> (8804) me servants <05650> and maidens <08198>, and had servants born <01121> in my house <01004>; also I had great <07235> (8687) possessions <04735> of great <01241> and small cattle <06629> above all that were in Jerusalem <03389> before <06440> me:
8 I gathered <03664> (8804) me also silver <03701> and gold <02091>, and the peculiar treasure <05459> of kings <04428> and of the provinces <04082>: I gat <06213> (8804) me men singers <07891> (8802) and women singers <07891> (8802), and the delights <08588> of the sons <01121> of men <0120>, as musical instruments <07705> <07705>, and that of all sorts.
9 So I was great <01431> (8804), and increased <03254> (8689) more than all that were before <06440> me in Jerusalem <03389>: also my wisdom <02451> remained <05975> (8804) with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes <05869> desired <07592> (8804) I kept <0680> (8804) not from them, I withheld <04513> (8804) not my heart <03820> from any joy <08057>; for my heart <03820> rejoiced <08056> in all my labour <05999> : and this was my portion <02506> of all my labour <05999>.
11 Then I looked <06437> (8804) on all the works <04639> that my hands <03027> had wrought <06213> (8804) , and on the labour <05999> that I had laboured <05998> (8804) to do <06213> (8800): and, behold, all was vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>, and there was no profit <03504> under the sun <08121>.
 - BUSINESS BLESSING
12 # And I turned <06437> (8804) myself to behold <07200> (8800) wisdom <02451>, and madness <01947> , and folly <05531>: for what can the man <0120> do that cometh <0935> (8799) after <0310> the king <04428>? even that which hath been already <03528> done <06213> (8804).
13 Then I saw <07200> (8804) that <03426> wisdom <02451> excelleth <03504> folly <05531>, as far as light <0216> excelleth <03504> darkness <02822>.
14 The wise man's <02450> eyes <05869> are in his head <07218>; but the fool <03684> walketh <01980> (8802) in darkness <02822>: and I myself perceived <03045> (8804) also that one <0259> event <04745> happeneth <07136> (8799) to them all.
15 Then <0227> said <0559> (8804) I in my heart <03820>, As it happeneth <04745> to the fool <03684> , so it happeneth <07136> (8799) even to me <01571>; and why was I then more <03148> wise <02449> (8804)? Then I said <01696> (8765) in my heart <03820>, that this also is vanity <01892>.
16 For there is no remembrance <02146> of the wise <02450> more than <05973> of the fool <03684> for ever <05769> ; seeing that which now <03528> is in the days <03117> to come <0935> (8802) shall all be forgotten <07911> (8738) . And how dieth <04191> (8799) the wise <02450> man? as the fool <03684>.
17 # Therefore I hated <08130> (8804) life <02416>; because the work <04639> that is wrought <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121> is grievous <07451> unto me: for all is vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307> .
18 Yea, I hated <08130> (8804) all my labour <05999> which I had taken <06001> under the sun <08121>: because I should leave <03240> (8686) it unto the man <0120> that shall be after <0310> me.
19 And who knoweth <03045> (8802) whether he shall be a wise <02450> man or a fool <05530>? yet shall he have rule <07980> (8799) over all my labour <05999> wherein I have laboured <05998> (8804), and wherein I have shewed myself wise <02449> (8804) under the sun <08121>. This is also vanity <01892>.
20 Therefore I went about <05437> (8804) to cause <02976> <00> my heart <03820> to despair <02976> (8763) of all the labour <05999> which I took <05998> (8804) under the sun <08121>.
21 For there is <03426> a man <0120> whose labour <05999> is in wisdom <02451>, and in knowledge <01847> , and in equity <03788>; yet to a man <0120> that hath not laboured <05998> (8804) therein shall he leave <05414> (8799) it for his portion <02506>. This also is vanity <01892> and a great <07227> evil <07451>.
22 For what hath <01933> (8802) man <0120> of all his labour <05999>, and of the vexation <07475> of his heart <03820>, wherein <01931> he hath laboured <06001> under the sun <08121>?
23 For all his days <03117> are sorrows <04341>, and his travail <06045> grief <03708>; yea, his heart <03820> taketh not rest <07901> (8804) in the night <03915>. This is also vanity <01892>.
24 There is nothing better <02896> for a man <0120>, than that he should eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8804), and that he should make his soul <05315> enjoy <07200> (8689) good <02896> in his labour <05999> . This <02090> also I saw <07200> (8804), that it was from the hand <03027> of God <0430>.
25 For who can eat <0398> (8799), or who else can hasten <02363> (8799) hereunto, more <02351> than I?
26 For God giveth <05414> (8804) to a man <0120> that is good <02896> in his sight <06440> wisdom <02451>, and knowledge <01847>, and joy <08057>: but to the sinner <02398> (8802) he giveth <05414> (8804) travail <06045>, to gather <0622> (8800) and to heap up <03664> (8800), that he may give <05414> (8800) to him that is good <02896> before <06440> God <0430>. This also is vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>.